According to published reports, for the first time in four years Venezuela is set to . This comes despite the fact that Venezuela's president is accusing Washington of fomenting 鈥� protests that have left more than a dozen people dead.
Just last week, Venezuela expelled three US diplomats accused of conspiring with student protesters, a charge rejected by the Obama Administration. But that's not to say there's been no Texas role 鈥� albeit an unofficial one.
Listen to Texas Standard host David Brown speak with Bill Moore, the CEO of Austin-based . It's a smartphone app developed in Austin, Texas. Moore said Zello is more popular in Ukraine and Venezuela than Twitter.
Why? 鈥淚t鈥檚 better because it's based on live voice, which communicates so much more information so much faster than writing and can be used while you鈥檙e doing something else."
Click the audio to hear the entire interview, conducted via Zello.
